That’s happened to me once , I blew my tire , I thought it was flat , I had no more spare tires for the truck then when I got out I noticed it was still intact, I praised the lord for giving me another couple days with the tire before I got some money and changed it out, lifes a mystery
@Fred_NaughT that's the idea. It's being difficult but we'll get it. Found a bad cam bearing in it today so gotta change that. Then it's going in the car
I think the wise thing to do is swap that cam out just to be safe and maybe the heads too, since it might have bent valves....lol. The exhaust manifolds look suspect as well.